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I NATION Page 8 THE BATTALION Tuesday, > ufisday, April 25, ; ‘Millionaire’ lacks ethnic diversip an lea NEW YORK (AP)—Alter 84 shows and 192 people in the hot seat, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” had a black contestant sitting across from Regis Philbin for the first time. Sunday’s program marked something of a milestone for television’s most popular program, which has been criticized for its overwhelming number of white male players and even issued an on-air plea for more diversit}’ in February. Steven Maurice Chirk, a Harvard-educated surgeon from Aiken, S.C., walked off with $32,000 after guessing wrong on a question that could have earned him $250,000. “To me. it shouldn’t be an issue and I think if I had been on in November, it wouldn’t have been an issue,” Clark said in an inter view Monday. As the months wore on, though, the lack of black contestants had be come an annoyance for the producers, who have slightly modified the way the show selects contestants in order to minimize what are per ceived as advantages for white men. ()nlv 26, or 13 percent, of the 195 people that havebeenk seat through the end of Sunday’s show were women,acid ABC. Philbin took the unusual step on Feb. I of appealing io»(r| minorit d the toll-free telephone number for a fore that date, only 12 percent of^ tants were women; since then, it has been I percent. ABlET Including c lark, there have been six blacks among the‘I s n ^' . ... . . " Fame pitcher \ pic wn onto the show. I ach program begins wi, " Be?P sur gcry: ciN.aikl pm .1 k-u pet to pla> loi a million dollars. Don’t wor S< m< have speculated that white males are more tnua-. jaL nf - a rh , im| men .ue faster punching buttons because tbf^playii^K van 53 v I he phone quiz potential contestants are givenafter u to quickl> give answers using .1 push-button phone. Hrgency doul how - executive producer, ha.'satc.Hday altcrno \c csked en music. Itlm. Hospital that’s perceived to give tri\ ia buffs an edg Clinton hosts traditional Easter e Scott Vickers, a junior industrial distribution major, dunks on Mike Parker, a sophomore business major, outside the Memorial Student Center. They were ad vertising the one army Hoops Millennium 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament being held on April 29 to benefit the United Way. Registration is open through April 25. WASIIINGTON (AP) President Clinton shook hands with an adult-sized Faster bunny. Cameras and camcorders were rolling. First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton greeted tens of thousands of children, scampering after eggs on the South Lawn. But not even the president could command the attention of Colby Veirs at the White I louse Monday for the 122nd Easter Egg roll. The 7- ) ear-old from Bethesda. Md.. was intent on wrapping a strand of fake Easter basket grass around his forefinger — so tightly that his fin gertip fumed reddish-blue. “Look, mom,’’ he told Man Claire Veirs, who glanced at his finger and then hoisted his little brother. I lunter, up high enough to see the president blow a whistle to officially begin the egg roll. Clinton the egg- re readv. “Are they ready over there' asked, peering across the lawn i rolling lanes. “Wave your hand ifyc All right. On you mark, get set...” The White House egg roll, which attracted about 30,000 children and members of their families, has been an American tradition since the mid-19th century. The celebration took place on the Capitol grounds until 1878 when it was mov ed to the White House by Lucv Hayes, wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes. It’s been held annually, except during World War I and World W ar IL Children, many in their Sunday finest, tot ed Faster Fgg baskets. Parents wore pink bunny ears. The White House dyed 7,200 hard-boiled eggs for the event. Another 2,500 eggs were cooked for children to decorate. Reading was the theme of this;; roll, which was cybercast on the I Transportation Secretary Rodney Sit The Little Engine That Could. M. Row ling read from her Ham Potter;; book series. Across the lawn, children ano mobbed Attorney General Janet Rc spent long hours ov er the weekendi the reunification of Cuban boy. Ek lez. with his father. 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